Rogun Dam Assessment Faces Criticism Over Regional Impact
The transboundary impact assessment for the Rogun Hydropower Plant in Tajikistan faces criticism for containing fundamental flaws and failing to meet World Bank environmental and...
Rogun Dam Study Ignores Key Risks, Threatens Regional Stability
The transboundary impact assessment for Tajikistan's Rogun Hydropower Plant (HPP) fails to meet World Bank environmental and social standards and contains fundamental shortcomings, according to...
Life in exchange for kilowatts: Rogun Dam and resettlement from the flood zone
The international coalition Rogun Alert published today an analysis of plans to relocate people from the flood zone of the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, calling...
Construction of the Rogun Dam: environmentalists warn about the loss of biodiversity
International financial institutions and the Government of Tajikistan have faced harsh criticism from the environmental community in connection with plans to build the Rogun Dam....
The Board of Directors of the World Bank refused to investigate the Rogun Dam
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank refused to conduct a full-scale investigation into the Rogun Dam construction project in Tajikistan. This decision...
Converting lives into kilowatts: resettlement plans for Rogun HPP project threaten tens of thousands of people
“Rogun Alert”, a coalition of concerned CSOs, has analyzed the Resettlement Action Plan and Livelihood Restoration Plan (RAP-2 and LRP-2) for the Rogun HPP construction...
Hearings on the Kambarata-1 Dam: a “black box” instead of an environmental assessment
Experts of the public foundation "Rivers without Boundaries" took part in public hearings on the materials of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EIA) of...
Dam projects on the Koksu River threaten the historical heritage of Kazakhstan
A press conference dedicated to the problem of the destruction of archaeological sites as a result of the implementation of industrial projects was held at...
Environmentalists demand that the hearings on the Rogun Dam be declared invalid
The international ecological coalition "Rivers without Boundaries" (Rivers without Boundaries) expressed serious concern about the organization of public consultations on the Rogun Dam project, which...
The Dam project in the reserve in the east of Kazakhstan has been declared illegal
A decisive point has been put in the complicated story with plans to build a hydroelectric power station on the Kalzhir River in the East...